I am the man who has seen misery because of the rod of His wrath.
He has driven me and made me walk in darkness and not in light.
Indeed, He has turned His hand against me repeatedly all the day.
He has consumed my flesh and my skin, He has broken my bones.
He has besieged and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.
He has made me live in dark places,
Like those who have long been dead.
Lamentations 3:1-6 New American Standard Bible (NASB)
My God, my God, why have You forsaken me?
Far from my help are the words of my groaning.
My God, I cry out by day, but You do not answer;
And by night, but I have no rest.
Psalm 22:1-2 (NASB)
He has filled me with bitterness,
He has made me drink plenty of wormwood.
He has also made my teeth grind with gravel;
He has made me cower in the dust.
My soul has been excluded from peace; I have forgotten happiness.
So I say, “My strength has failed, And so has my hope from the Lord.”
Lamentations 3:15-18 (NASB)
Remember my misery and my homelessness,
the wormwood and bitterness.
My soul certainly remembers, and is bent over within me.
I recall this to my mind, therefore I wait.
Lamentations 3:19-21 (NASB)
YAHAL > Hope!
The Lord’s acts of mercy indeed do not end,
For His compassions do not fail.
They are new every morning;
Great is Your faithfulness.
“The Lord is my portion,” says my soul,
“Therefore I wait for Him.”
Lamentations 3:22-24 (NASB)
God’s loyal love couldn’t have run out,
his merciful love couldn’t have dried up.
They’re created new every morning.
How great your faithfulness!
I’m sticking with God (I say it over and over).
He’s all I’ve got left.
Lamentations 3:22-24 The Message (MSG)